02 juin 2005

So, your dad is Peter Gabriel and your sister is singing backup on his new world tour - what's another sibling to do but capture the experience on film as a fly on the wall in 2002?

That's what Anna Gabriel has done with Growing Up On Tour: A Family Portrait on the Lakeshore imprint. Utilizing old family super-8 filmstock and a variety of other footage, Gabriel's film is as one would expect - warm, tender, and lovingly funny.

Bonus features include the making of the video, “The Barry Williams Show,” directed by actor Sean Penn, and Gabriel's solo performance at a fundraiser for the Newport International Film Festival…

A new style of festival is making Womad and Reading look stale, says Mark Hudson

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Womad, meanwhile, is hitting back with its strongest bill in years, including world music's biggest name Youssou N'Dour supported by Afro-Celt Sound System, Robert Plant and hot new Malian names Amadou & Mariam. Glastonbury's jazz-world line-up is arguably even more bankable - Baaba Maal, Bebel Gilberto, Taj Mahal and Femi Kuti.

01 juin 2005

Father’s Day is right around the corner (June 19th) and Rhino is here for the occasion. On November 16, 2004, Rhino released a Peter Gabriel DVD containing 23 solo videos called Peter Gabriel: Play.

The DVD features videos that highlight the often outlandish visuals that have accompanied Gabriel’s music over the years including “Father, Son,” “Sledgehammer,” “In Your Eyes,” “Big Time,” “Shock the Monkey,” and “Solsbury Hill.”